Steve Martin jazz fest show sells out in minutes

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Seven minutes. That's all it took for Steve Martin & the Steep Canyon Rangers, with Edie Brickell, to sell out when the Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival 8 pm. June 21 headliner show went on sale at 10 a.m. this morning. That also included a pre-sale offer for subscribers to the fest.

The same thing happened when Martin and the Rangers' 2012 jazz fest show sale went on sale. That time, a second 4 p.m. show the same day was quickly added. The jazz fest had no word as of this morning if a second show at Kodak Hall at the Eastman Theatre would be added this time. The fest runs from June 20 through June 28 in and around the East End District.

A second Eastman Theatre show, Earth, Wind & Fire at 8 p.m. June 27, also went on sale this morning, and jazz fest officials reported that it was selling briskly.

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